By population, Pitha ranks #154 of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pitha is a village of 747 people in 185 households (Census 2011) in Dhaniakhali block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 154th-largest of 214 villages in Dhaniakhali block. Literacy is 64%, 5 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 966 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Hooghly district centre, 13 km from Jaugram, the nearest town, 4 km from Hajigarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712302, served by Dhaniakhali post office; the LGD village code is 324639. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dhaniakhali Rural Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is GOLAK DESHMUKH, and the village votes in Dhanekhali assembly constituency, represented by Asima Patra. The population is estimated at 836 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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